Associate Territory Manager

Associate Territory Manager

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• 0-2 years general sales experience preferred
• Experience working in a team environment, particularly with sales people
• The ability to work in an operating room environment is required
• Strong interpersonal, oral, communication, organizational and planning skills
• Good judgment and maturity
• Willing to relocate to fill an open Territory Manager position
• Ability to travel 80%, including overnight travel
• Must possess and maintain a valid state-issued license driver’s license with 3 years of consecutive driving history and meet BD’s auto safety standards
• Must be able to meet and maintain customer/medical facility access requirements
• Understand a needs analysis approach to sales, the product buyer concept, and contract administration
• Understands principles of group purchasing to include research, formulating and recommending a proposal
• Demonstrated ability to discuss the various products in relation to the human body
• Familiarity with medical and surgical terminology
• Proven ability to build strong relationships with Internal Customers – Sales Training, Marketing, National Accounts, Customer Service, Contracts, Field Sales Team and External Customers – KOLs, Surgeons, Physicians, Nurses, and Sourcing
• Must live in assigned region

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with field sales, the logistics, timing, duration, strategy and execution of field level customer training and technical support of clinical cases
• Works with sales management in prioritizing targeted customers, cases and training events
• Supports the development of regional physician proctors to help with formal and informal training activities
• Conducts training and in-servicing for hospital surgery staff and support personnel
• Supports the development of regional centers of excellence and works with Marketing on the execution of territory physician training seminars
• Provides support for regional marketing events, conventions and symposia
• Performs special projects and other duties as assigned
• Maintains equipment, advertising, and promotional matter in a presentable and orderly manner
• Completes all paperwork on time and thoroughly; Keeps accurate up-to date account records; Uses sales funnel to set goals and target accounts
• Proper use of productive selling time; i.e., calls in late afternoon with a minimum of three O.R.s per day and four surgeon contacts per day. Doctors not available at the hospital will be contacted in their office
• Acquires comprehensive knowledge of prices, discounts, availability of each product and competition according to quality and quantity
• Maintains adequate supply of promotional tools (samples, brochures, videos)
• Must have all basic product knowledge and acquire knowledge of all new products added to the line and apply this knowledge to adequately conduct in-service education to all hospitals
• Stays within expense budget
• Knows and effectively uses selling presentations as well as standard answers to objections
• Continually increases knowledge of trends (business, technological, sociological), sales skills, promotion techniques, information on new product, and sales forecasting
• Maintains relationships with the District Manager, Territory Managers, and customers
• Plans sales calls on a continuous basis and organizes time for effective coverage of the territory. A daily written plan is to be used
• Develops thorough knowledge of company policies and the ability to interpret them to customers and prospects
• Maintains the company car in a clean, orderly, and serviceable condition
• Uses to the best advantage nurses lectures, journal club meetings, local seminars, resident lectures, hospital displays and evaluation committee product presentations.

Preferred Qualifications

• 0-2 years general sales experience preferred